Pioneer Players

Jack and Jill and a Friend, CH 's comic drama about the difficulties of being a woman writer, was performed by the Pioneer Players at the Kingsway Theatre in London, directed by Edith Craig .

Later that year it toured provincial suffrage societies for the Actresses' Franchise League , under the direction of Edith Craig . It eventually became a staple piece for Craig's Pioneer Players .

EC founded the Pioneer Players , a women's theatre company comprised of amateurs and professionals, as a result of her work on Cicely Hamilton 's A Pageant of Great Women.

At the Ninth Annual General Meeting of The Pioneer Players (founded by EC ), members voted to dissolve the society because of financial problems and lack of support.

EC 's Pioneer Players company was revived to perform Susan Glaspell 's The Verge at London's Regent Theatre .

In May 2011 a conference was held at the University of Hull to mark the centenary of the Pioneer Players .

CSJ , as well as writing and acting for the Pioneer Players , sat on their committees and served as honorary secretary, 1915-20. Her stage roles for the Players included one in Edith Craig's production...

Atwood, who had been exhibiting her paintings since 1893, trained at the Slade School and was a member of the New English Art Club . During World War I she was one of the few...